Re: Apple II still alive?

[sbdocker@acs.ucalgary.ca (Sean Brendan Dockery)]

barker@enel.ucalgary.ca wrote:

>I find it hard to believe that the Apple II is still alive and apparently
>thriving on Usenet. Don't get me wrong, I liked the Apple II. In fact, I've
>still got a ][+ and a IIgs, I just don't use them much anymore.

I still laugh when I think that the current live span of any new top-
of-the-line Macintosh is numbered in months, whereas the Apple II has
long since outlived the original intended life expectancy.

>You see, there
>came a time, not long after Apple officially stopped supporting the II line,
>when the local stores no longer stocked any kind of Apple II software. To the
>best of my knowledge, even GS/OS was no longer being upgraded.

System 6 is the latest version of the system software for GS/OS.  It
harbours GS/OS version 4.0.2 (I believe) and has been endowed a slough
of features that few thought that any member of the Apple II line
deserved, let alone were capable of.

>So I ask: how
>has the Apple II stayed alive? Are there still new applications being
>produced? It would be nice to know, cause then maybe I could start using my
>Apple II's again.

How has the Apple II stayed alive?  There are many more reasons than I
can think of.  If there were one main one, I would have to say that it
is because the machine commanded such loyalty from its owner.  If you
haven't been able to tell by the tone of the conversation in this
newsgroup, people are quite militant about their Apples.

Besides, haven't you heard?  "Apple II Forever" :)

>BTW, I've only just noticed this group among the > 2000 groups at my site, and
>in the last couple of weeks, I haven't seen an FAQ, so I apologize in advance
>if this group is not the correct one to put this question.

Messages die in this group very quickly.  You would have more luck
finding it on comp.answers or news.answers as messages in those groups
have a longer life span.

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